Incidents · capsize

Derelict 15 meter vessel capsized and adrift in 12-29-52S 119-50-47E at 140548Z apr

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1165/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-04-17 14:00Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · SEA SAFETY 68/11 141310Z APR 11.. Issued 2011-04-14 13:59Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -12.498, 119.846. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued: 2011-04-14 13:59Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2011-04-17 14:00Z
authority: SEA SAFETY 68/11 141310Z APR 11.
issued by: SEA SAFETY
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -12.498, 119.846
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
1. DERELICT 15 METER VESSEL CAPSIZED AND ADRIFT
   IN 12-29-52S 119-50-47E AT 140548Z APR.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171400Z APR.

Reading this warning

Derelict: An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

35 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

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15 meter F/V, green hull, 21 persons on board2021-11-11
15 meter F/V, green hull, ten persons on board, requesting assistance in 12-19.70S 121-41.45E at 100917Z nov2021-11-10
Timor sea indonesia to australia-northwest coast2021-09-14
15 meter F/V berkat ilahi, white and blue hull, four persons onboard, unreported2021-04-18
Australia-northwest coast DNC 042021-04-10

Month of issue in the collected archive

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:08Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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